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STATE HEALTH REFORM Three Health Care Homes Regional Certification Training Workshops are scheduled for June. Provider peer grouping initiative conference calls are the second Monday of each month, 7:30-8:30 a.m. NEWS AND RESOURCES Three veterinarians were selected from 21 applicants to receive Rural Veterinarian Loan Forgiveness Awards. ORHPC is administering the program to recruit and retain large animal/food animal veterinarians to needed areas and facilities within Minnesota. ORHPC Workforce Program released Minnesota Dental Hygienist Workforce Facts and Data 2008-2009. Rural Health Advisory Committee News (RHAC)
STAFF NEWS Judy Bergh made site visits to Red Lake Hospital and Thief River Falls Area Ambulance. Anne Schloegel joined Judy at Swift County-Benson Hospital and Graceville Health Center. Judy Bergh and Jill Myers attended the American College of Healthcare Executives Rural Health Community Forum in Crookston. Jill Myers, Tamie Rogers, Mark Schoenbaum and Kristen Tharaldson hosted the final Rural Health Advisory Committee Telemental Health Work Group meeting. Avera's eCare staff in Sioux Falls demonstrated the e-emergency, e-ICU and e-pharmacy services to Anne Schloegel, Kristen Tharaldson and Karen Welle. Anne Schloegel and Amy Vallery visited with IT directors from Glacial Ridge Health System (Glenwood), Glencoe Regional Health Services (Glencoe) and Granite Falls Municipal Hospital and Manor (Granite Falls) and representatives of the Minnesota Rural Health Cooperative. Amy and Anne also met with EMS director Greg Meyers. Karen Welle attended the National Rural Health Association's annual meeting in Savannah. | |||||||||||||||
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| Clinical Dental Innovations Grant: Due July 9 Loan Forgiveness Programs: Open for application July 1 | ||
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Full-time National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment (HRSA): Due July 29 |
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Serve on one of these Minnesota councils/boards seeking members: Join HRSA's PSPC 3.0 |
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes new rule governing credentialing and privileging by proxy for telemedicine (PDF: 74KB/9pgs). The rule, published on May 26, appears to ensure that Medicare-participating hospitals will be able to credential and grant privileges to telemedicine physicians for Medicare-participating hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals that are engaged in telemedicine agreements. CMS will accept comments on the proposal through July 26. REACH is open for business. REACH is a nonprofit federal Regional Extension Assistance Center for health information technology. Providers in clinics, small hospitals and other settings in Minnesota and North Dakota are signing up now to receive electronic health record consulting services. National Rural Health Resource Center is the new name of the Rural Health Resource Center, reflecting the scope of its nationwide work with rural health programs . Mayo Clinic College of Medicine received a Beacon Community Award. Fifteen communities will share $220 million in federal grants to create pilot programs testing the adoption of health information technology and achieve widespread "meaningful use." The University of Minnesota Medical School is one of the American Academy of Family Physicians' Top Ten. The Top Ten Award recognizes schools that graduate the greatest percentage of family medicine doctors during a three-year period. Stratis Health developed Culture Care Connection, an online learning and resource center, to provide culturally competent care in Minnesota. At least four Midwestern rural crisis helplines face uncertain future Ridgeview Medical Center uses vending-style machines for common medications. Sanford Merit Says: 'We Grow Our Own' Jennifer Lundblad, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Stratis Health, was elected to serve as president elect of the American Health Quality Association. Dealing with Stress: A Web-based Educational Series for agricultural families is a project of AgriWellness, Crisis Connection, Sowing the Seeds of Hope Coalition, Slama Consulting, ORHPC, Otto Bremer Foundation and the University of Minnesota Extension. | ||
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The Progress in Native American Health Children in the most rural areas are as likely to die by gunshot as kids in the biggest cities Hospitals HIT/Telehealth Workforce | ||
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Symposium on Small Towns Finding Solutions and Redefining Communities is June 9-10 in Morris. Minnesota Rural Health Association's monthly cyber conference is open to anyone interested in learning about the Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center for Minnesota and North Dakota, 12-1 p.m., June 11. Email Judy Neppel at jneppel@umn.edu to register. National Rural Health Association's Medication Use in Rural America Conference is June 16-18 in Kansas City, Missouri. The 2010 Minnesota e-Health Summit: Leveraging Meaningful Use is June 16-17 in Brooklyn Park. Sixth International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine and the annual National Rural EMS Summit August 9-13 in Vail, Colorado. Community Health Conference is September 29-October 1 in Brainerd. Many Faces of Community Health 2010 Conference is October 28-29 in Minneapolis. |
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